Turgis (crater)

Turgis
	The 580km Turgis crater on Saturn's moon Iapetus, with the overlapping crater Malun at lower left
Feature type	Impact crater
Location	Cassini Regio, Iapetus
Coordinates	16°54′N 28°24′W / 16.900°N 28.400°W
Diameter	~580 km (360 mi)
Eponym	Turgis, from the Song of Roland

Turgis /ˈtɜːrdʒɪs/ is the largest known crater on Saturn's moon Iapetus.^[2]^[3] It is 580 km in diameter,^[1] 40% of the moon's diameter and one of the larger craters in the Solar System. It is named after a Saracen baron, Turgis of Turtelose (Tortosa).^[1]

It is located in Cassini Regio at 16.9°N, 28.4°W.^[1] The rim has a scarp about 15 km high that generated a landslide.^[4] It is overlain by Malun, the 13th-largest crater on Iapetus.

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Landslide in Malun crater
Cassini Regio

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Iapetus: Turgis". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
^ "Turgis". We Name The Stars. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
^ "Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations: The Iapetus Atlas". Retrieved 2021-03-17.
^ "PIA06171: Giant Landslide on Iapetus". NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute (photojournal). 2004-12-31. Retrieved 2009-01-10.

[USGS-1] "Iapetus: Turgis". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology. Retrieved 2009-01-10.

[2] "Turgis". We Name The Stars. Retrieved 2020-05-04.

[3] "Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations: The Iapetus Atlas". Retrieved 2021-03-17.

[scarp-4] "PIA06171: Giant Landslide on Iapetus". NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute (photojournal). 2004-12-31. Retrieved 2009-01-10.

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